"Climate change is not only an issue of the environment; it is also an issue of justice and human rights, one that dangerously intersects race and class. Health, housing, economic well being, culture and social stability are harmed from such manifestations of climate change as storms, floods and climate variability."

Strange Weather Patterns

02/15/15

Snowstorms in Northeast

Snow like never seen before in Boston
As of Mon. 2/9 with 62.5 inches of snowfall since January 15 -- the record for most snow in a 30-day period was already broken. The previous record was set in 1978. On 2/15 Eastern seaboard is again buried under the season’s 12th snow storm. Ice and snow storms caused hundreds of thousands to lose power and heat in the Northeast in subfreezing temperatures. In many Northeast localities, the accumulated snowfall totals are three times the normal average. "We've never seen this type of snow in the city of Boston at any other time in the history of our city." CNN 2/15/15

01/26/15

Snowstorm Juno

Snow with accumulations of 10 to 36 inches (25 to 91 centimeters) expected to strike a 250-mile-long (400-kilometer) stretch of the East Coast, accompanied by 75-mile-per-hour (121-kilometer) winds.

01/16/15

Flooding in Malawi

Flooding in Malawi has killed more than 176 people, displaced at least 200,000 others, left homes and schools submerged in water and roads washed away by the deluge in the southern African country.

12/31/14

High Winds

Rare snow and wind storms across Southern California. Unusually high winds across the region responsible for the deaths of 7 persons

06/16/14

Twin EF4 Tornadoes

Twin EF4 tornadoes ripped through the small town of Pilger, Nebraska. More than three-fourths of the town was destroyed, and two people lost their lives.

2011

Texas Wildfires

Wildfires destroyed 1,600 homes and burned over 32,000 acres of land, including 96 percent of beautiful Bastrop State Park. It was the most destructive wildfire in Texas history

04/28/08

Cyclone Nargis

Cyclone Nargis killed 24 people in India, and left one million homeless